It was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
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Right. Ike died a couple months into Nixon's first term, and Truman and LBJ died about a month apart in Dec 72/Jan 73. So odious was Nixon that all the others preferred death.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:33pmIt was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
Also crazy that Jimmy Carter has been an ex-president for almost forty years now.
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Carter has spent more time posing for pictures with living Presidents than he did occupying the White House at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:48pmRight. Ike died a couple months into Nixon's first term, and Truman and LBJ died about a month apart in Dec 72/Jan 73. So odious was Nixon that all the others preferred death.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:33pmIt was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
Also crazy that Jimmy Carter has been an ex-president for almost forty years now.
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More so, Carter is one active dude. As lousy a president as he was—and, admittedly, he was dealt a crappy hand to play—he's a gold standard on what you hope former leaders to be.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 1:23pmCarter has spent more time posing for pictures with living Presidents than he did occupying the White House at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:48pmRight. Ike died a couple months into Nixon's first term, and Truman and LBJ died about a month apart in Dec 72/Jan 73. So odious was Nixon that all the others preferred death.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:33pmIt was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
Also crazy that Jimmy Carter has been an ex-president for almost forty years now.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Just a consistently good role model for someone past sixty.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 1:43pmMore so, Carter is one active dude. As lousy a president as he was—and, admittedly, he was dealt a crappy hand to play—he's a gold standard on what you hope former leaders to be.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 1:23pmCarter has spent more time posing for pictures with living Presidents than he did occupying the White House at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:48pmRight. Ike died a couple months into Nixon's first term, and Truman and LBJ died about a month apart in Dec 72/Jan 73. So odious was Nixon that all the others preferred death.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:33pmIt was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
Also crazy that Jimmy Carter has been an ex-president for almost forty years now.
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He’s such a good ex-President that people tend to really downplay some of the absolutely shitty things he did as president. Then again, I guess Reagan erased him in the minds of both liberals and conservatives for different reasons.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 1:43pmMore so, Carter is one active dude. As lousy a president as he was—and, admittedly, he was dealt a crappy hand to play—he's a gold standard on what you hope former leaders to be.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 1:23pmCarter has spent more time posing for pictures with living Presidents than he did occupying the White House at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:48pmRight. Ike died a couple months into Nixon's first term, and Truman and LBJ died about a month apart in Dec 72/Jan 73. So odious was Nixon that all the others preferred death.Silent Majority wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:33pmIt was actually Nixon.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jul 2020, 12:24pmAlmost done listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's LBJ audiobook and I have a few observations. Living in the shadow of Trump has made me conclude that LBJ (and Nixon, for that matter) was a competent version of Trump. Narcissistic, paranoid, valuing loyalty over all else, convinced the media and intellectuals are out to get them (and then behaving in a way that encourages it to come to pass), a wounded psyche in search of validation from the public and desperately scared of being rejected, boastful and unwilling to admit error, and a belief that the world is just a series of transactions and that he is the best dealmaker around. But, yeah, LBJ was actually good at it, plus, unlike Trump, LBJ had a genuine charisma and talent of reading the person to know how to reach them.
Also, a passing reference to LBJ and living ex-presidents, it made me wonder (and confirm) who was the last US president who had zero living ex-presidents?
Also crazy that Jimmy Carter has been an ex-president for almost forty years now.
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Gotta Get Theroux This - Louis Theroux.
If you like his TV docs you will like this book.
If you like his TV docs you will like this book.
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Audiobook:
Starting tomorrow, a woman's loving tribute to her family and how it shaped its children. I've mostly stayed away from the Trump books—I've listened to Craig Unger's book on Trump and Russian oligarchs, that stupid Anonymous book, and Tim Alberta's account of the Republican Party since the Tea Party emerged—but this seems appealingly venomous.
Starting tomorrow, a woman's loving tribute to her family and how it shaped its children. I've mostly stayed away from the Trump books—I've listened to Craig Unger's book on Trump and Russian oligarchs, that stupid Anonymous book, and Tim Alberta's account of the Republican Party since the Tea Party emerged—but this seems appealingly venomous.
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I only read Jerry Ontario and Edward Quebec.
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"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Another book that I'm considering for this punk class. Like Pretty in Punk, it's written by a member of the subculture-turned-scholar. Seems promising thus far.
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Fugazi just came up on shuffle as I saw this.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Jul 2020, 7:48pm
Another book that I'm considering for this punk class. Like Pretty in Punk, it's written by a member of the subculture-turned-scholar. Seems promising thus far.
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I'm planning on a unit about punk economics, so Fugazi/Dischord will definitely be prominent in the readings.Wolter wrote: ↑18 Jul 2020, 7:56pmFugazi just came up on shuffle as I saw this.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Jul 2020, 7:48pm
Another book that I'm considering for this punk class. Like Pretty in Punk, it's written by a member of the subculture-turned-scholar. Seems promising thus far.
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I'd be interested in your thoughts on this, as a formally straight edge fella who still has a lot of affection for the music and the movement, I'd be curious how it reads.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Jul 2020, 7:48pmhttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... aay8IL.jpg
Another book that I'm considering for this punk class. Like Pretty in Punk, it's written by a member of the subculture-turned-scholar. Seems promising thus far.
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Will do. I didn't know you were once sXe, but now it doesn't surprise me—the discipline and moral commitment. It's a fascinating and contradictory offshoot of punk. A weird mix of conservative evangelicalism and radical left politics, individual discipline and community support.Flex wrote: ↑19 Jul 2020, 1:22amI'd be interested in your thoughts on this, as a formally straight edge fella who still has a lot of affection for the music and the movement, I'd be curious how it reads.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑18 Jul 2020, 7:48pmhttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com ... aay8IL.jpg
Another book that I'm considering for this punk class. Like Pretty in Punk, it's written by a member of the subculture-turned-scholar. Seems promising thus far.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft